Modern children are suffering from the diseases that were once considered to be meant for adults only. Obesity is a major disease prevalent among children. What are its causes and what solutions can be offered?

Over the

last

few decades, it has become more common for children to suffer from overweight, despite it was a predominant disease

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in

of

for

older people a few years ago. There are myriad of causes for

this

tendency,

therefore

,

this

essay will explore some of them and will draw some conclusions. One of the main reasons because youngsters are facing weight problems, is that parents are upbringing them with junk

food

.

This

is largely due to the fact that nowadays parents have neither time nor energy to cook for their kids, which leads to parents taking the easiest way

that is

buying unhealthy

food

such

as pizza, hamburgers and hot dogs. A research conducted by the University of Harvard found in 2018 that 70% of parents in the USA prefer to feed their sons and daughters with fast

food

rather than prepare a balanced meal. One possible solution to tackle

this

problem is for the government to launch a publicity campaign to educate parents about the importance of cooking a proper meal. Not only will

this

allow to increase general

awareness but

Accept comma addition

awareness, but

also

this

will improve

wellbeing

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the wellbeing

of children as well as inhabitants. Take Japan as an example, they allocated 1% of its gross domestic product in 2019 to advertise about the danger of high-

carbs

food

, resulting in a reduction in sales of

this

kind of products.

This

proves that the more we know,

the more healthy

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the healthier

we can lead our lives. To sum up, there are many causes for young people being obese,

this

is mainly due to the lack of time and energy of their parents. For the aforementioned reason, unless the government does not take urgent action like

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to educate

educating

its citizens, the problem will worsen.